Etymology

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Today it means: One who eyes someone or something. Full definition →

English eye ← Middle English eye ← Old English ēage
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ekʷ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*augô
  3. Proto-West Germanic*augā
  4. Old Englishēage
  5. Middle Englisheye
  6. Englisheye
  7. English todayeyer

From eye + -er.

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